Article Archive for March 2009

Earth Hour 2009
By solonavi
Posted in Campaign on 27 March 2009
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earthhour.org THIS SATURDAY 28 MARCH AT 8.30PM YOU CAN VOTE EARTH BY SWITCHING OFF YOUR LIGHTS FOR ONE HOUR – EARTH HOUR. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CRs-7lRlPo

Rare reptile hatchling found on New Zealand
By solonavi
Posted in Discovery, Endangered & Extinction, Protected Sites on 20 March 2009
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AP A hatchling of a rare reptile with lineage dating back to the dinosaur age has been found in the wild on the New Zealand mainland for the first time in about 200 years, a wildlife official said Thursday. : Tuatara are the last lizard-like descendants of a reptile species that walked the Earth with [...]

Rare vine in Hawaii designated endangered species
By solonavi
Posted in Endangered & Extinction, Habitat on 20 March 2009
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AP A rare Hawaii vine has been added to the endangered species list, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Tuesday. It’s the second species to be classified as endangered by the Obama administration. The first was the reticulated flatwoods salamander, an amphibian native to south Georgia, north Florida and coastal South Carolina. It was [...]

Power Down for the Planet Video Challenge
By solonavi
Posted in Campaign on 18 March 2009
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powerdownfortheplanet.org Most computers waste half of the energy delivered from the wall – wasting money, wasting energy, and generating excess heat. However, most people do not know that there are easy ways to make computing practices greener and less wasteful. This is where you come in. Pick up a camera and create a video telling [...]

Another Year of Banner Growth in 2008, But Clean-Energy Sector Looks to Stimulus for Help in 2009
By solonavi
Posted in General, Technology on 18 March 2009
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CleanEdge Despite growing economic uncertainty over the last year, the three major clean-energy sectors — solar photovoltaics (PV), wind power, and biofuels — kept up a blistering growth rate, increasing 53 percent from $75.8 billion in 2007 to $115.9 billion in revenues in 2008, according to the Clean Energy Trends 2009 report released today by [...]